✓ In collectionPostalStamp45 f
Scout and temple
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1971.HVO.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 13th World Scout Jamboree
1971.HVO.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Upper Volta (HVO)- Year / date
- 1971-08-12
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 45 f
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Airmail
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 12½
- Printing
- Photogravure
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 971.22
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BF C94
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BF 343
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BF PA94
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BF 339
Notes
A Scout in campaign hat, neckerchief and pack walking a hillside toward Japanese temple roofs and a pagoda. Vertical POSTE AERIENNE and 13e Jamboree mondial; Tokyo 1971 beside a fleur-de-lis badge; REPUBLIQUE DE HAUTE-VOLTA 45F. Designed J. Combet; printed Delrieu.
Series history
Upper Volta issued a 45 franc airmail commemorative at Ouagadougou on 12 August 1971 for the 13th World Scout Jamboree in Japan. Jacques Combet designed a Scout walking a hillside before Japanese temple roofs and a pagoda; the stamp is inscribed POSTE AERIENNE, 13e Jamboree mondial and Tokyo 1971. Delrieu printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 12½. It was withdrawn from sale on 31 August 1973.